Artificial intervertebral disk

Abstract

An operation for fixing a vertebral column by an autogenetic or a spacer has no movability or motion property, leading to an impedance of everyday life functions and recurrence of damage at the treated part. An artificial intervertebral disk comprising a movable protrusion which is formed integrally with a base body of a first connecting body and which has an arc shape in cross section at the tip end thereof, a movable receiver part formed by depressing a base body of a second connecting body at an opposing inner surface thereof, and wherein the movable receiver part comprises a receiving surface which contacts the tip end of the movable protrusion and a bank protruding from the periphery of the receiving surface, and a vertical gap is defined between the first and second connecting bodies and a horizontal gap is defined between the outer periphery of the movable protrusion and the inner periphery of the bank, whereby the first and second connecting bodies of the artificial intervertebral disk mounted on the ailed part have movability such as turning and sliding to thereby give a motion property to the vertebral column so that the aforementioned problem is solved.

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